The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Local md state Notes

The local agents met yesterday and put IN the
thirty first day patching up freight tariffs, etc.,
70 conform to TIE new law.
The freight md ticket agency at Claysville
junction, on u c., St l.. d r. Little Miami
iivision), was Giosed yesterday.
superintendent Goodrich, of the Detroit &
Eel River road will remove his headquarters
from Peru to LoGansport in few days.
The Lake Erie & Western road comes up the
third week in June with increase in earnings
over the corresponding week in 1856 of $6,9ol.
The stock market is still panicky, which &C
counts for the break in such stocks as the Bee
line and the c., l., ST. l.. q C., either OF which
is TO day worth par.
Watermelons are coming nortnward by the
traIn-load. The j., Nj. & l.. on Monday night,
brought north forty six carloads for this point
and the Northern markets
g. w. Fairbanks. general solicitor for the l.,
p. e. W., left for New York last night to confer
with President Corbn and others regarding the
reorganization and consolidation scheme.
Last week the Wabash turned over to the Chi
cago & Atlantic an average of 120 cars per day,
ard the c. 81 A reciprocated by turning over TO
them average of ninety loaded cars per
day.
Commencing with July 1, sleeping-car con-
ductors on all the Vanderbilt lines, including the
Decline, will take the berth tickets, so that
passenger need not be disturbed after entering
his or her berth.
Somebody is putting up money to improve the
Detroit 81 Eel River road. 1t is understood that
arrangements are in progress which will largely
increase
Wabash system.
H. B. Hammond receiver Of the l., d. & S.
road, will return TO New York this evening,
where he Is to meet parties interested in the ex-
tension of the road to Quincy. This scheme ID
taking definite shape.
In the week ending June % the eastern lines
out of Chicago carried 40 1868 tons of freight,
increase over the preceding week of II, $50 tons
OF this amount the g., L., st. IL. 81 4. carried
2 290 tons, or D. per cent.
no e. = OH
livestock trains of thirty cars from Decatur to
Indianapolis through in seven hours. the distance
being 153 miles This is good evidence that the
road is In excellent condition.
1t has leaked out that President Mackey
wanted 1926 per share for the Evansville d
Terre Haute stock. if he sold to the Porter syn
dictate, and would throw in for GOOD measure
the Evansville 81 Indianapolis stock
The purchasing committee of the Nickel-pla
road will at ouce reorgariZe' the company by
fling articles of incorporation in the States
through which the road passes. The incorpora
ton for Indiana was filed with the Secretary of
State yesterday.
Ex-President McKeen, of the Vandalla; ". P
Ijams. secretary and treasurer OF the Belt road
and stockyards, d. W. Minshall and Josephus
Collett leave Terre Haute this evening on an
extended fishing expedition in the Northwest.
The date of their return is indefinite.
The Wabash Western is in trouble from a
quarter over the shipments made from Chicago
at cut rate. The Great Western, of Canada,
one of the links in its route east, refuses re-
ceive any more of this business at Detroit until
the present bills of lading are corrected
George Blanchard, chairman of the Central
Traffic Association, has gone to New York for
conference regarding few of the troublesome
questions which have come before him chair
man of the association. Some of the questions
threaten the existence of the association.
The resignation of j. r. Kendall as assistant
general freight agent of the Vandalia is an
nounced, and Geo. E. Pennington has been APP
pointed TO fill the position. Mr. Kendall will
iR att fioU To av mir hac fo1d
in Parke county, in which he is interested.
So large have the shipments of scrap iron from
Chicago to this point become that the Chicago
and Ohio Traffic Association has made a special
one hundred pounds from Chicago to Indianapo-
lis. to be in carload lots of twelve gross TONS
Frank Palmer is again representing the Wa
bash Western at Chicago AS the road has no
direct connection with Chicago, he puts in his
time in telling what a line it is to be when the
purchasing committee take the road out of the
hands of a receiver, and turn it to the
Wabash Western, which will doubtless be done
at an early day.
The Evansville Journal is working earnestly
to iDstill new life into the old project known
the Evansville d Chicago road, but finds it up
hill work. When the Chicago 81 Indiana Coal
road gets through to Evansville there will be as
many Chicago lines as that portion OF the coun-
try will support.
Chicago q Alton does not look for decision in
the boycott and mileage until the latter
part of July, II 1t Is not thrown out by the COM
missioners as being a squabble in which they
are not interested, unless it is brought before
them by persons who have been refused tickets
reading over certain lines.
President Mackey claims to have got the
operating expenses of the Peoria, Decatur d
Evansville down to about the E. & T. III. basis,
which is Al per cent of the gross earnings. If
he has done this it has been at the expense of
the physical condition OF the property, as was
the with the Evansville & Terre Haute
road.
The c., l.. ST. l.. & G. company have, within
the last week, received the material to erect
new iron and steel bridge over Sugar creek,
be $50 feet long and resting on stone abutments;
another at Shelbyville, PIT feet long, and
third at ST. Paul, over Flat Rock creek. 800 feet
long The last bridge will stand eight feet
higher than the present structure. and the APP
proaches for mile or more are to be raised the
proper height.
Two old engineers on the !. e St. L. road have
been dismissed and one suspended for not re-
gsrding the order to bring their trains to stop
when light at a switch is found to be out. This
may appear to be rather severe discipline, yet it
means safety to the travelling public. Possibly
the company is to blame somewhat for not hav-
ing their switches lighted with the best switch
Ian terms.
The arrangements of the Vandaia and the
Detroit q Eel River road figuring for the
putting of through sleeping coach between
St. Louis and Detroit, over the Vandalia proper
10 Terre Haute then over the t. II. s. L. TO
Clymers, where connection is made with the De-
troit 81 Fol River. Yesterday workmen
engaged in putting in ''Y" at Clymers to
handle the business.
The Council of New Albany have about con-
cluded to take different method of settling the
question at issue between the city and the Louis
Vile, Evansville d ST. Louis road. Instead of
repudating the bonds given in aid of the road
they propose to bring suit against the railroad
company to compel them to comply with the
rrevocable contract made by the original COM
pany with New Albany, to the effect that their
general Offices and shops should be located there.
This suit would settle all points in dispute. it is
alleged. without injurng the credit of that city.
= Wilbur Lee, general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie e Western. was In the city, yester-
day, arranging for placing sale at the Union
Depot a more complete line of tickets reading
over the l.. Il. d6 w. and it's connections Mr..
Lee feels little that the Philadelphia
Base ball Club. after having made arrangements
10 GO over their line to Detroit, went over the c..
H. d l. He is satisfied that rates were cut to tho
club or they would have acted moro honorably
In the matter.